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melon cat posted:"Yes, this is an actual PC game screenshot!" Goddamn Unreal blew my loving mind when it came out, you kids these days have it so good 
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Feb 3, 2014 19:14
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BANME.sh posted:Only because developers were stuck on gaming hardware from 2005 for the past several years. Expect it to really pick up in the next year again. Nope. The tech hasn't been improving at the same rate it was, and there's incredible diminishing returns on how much each bit of improvement improves the overall image. Stuff's going to look better, but the size of jumps will be increasingly disappointing.
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Feb 3, 2014 19:15
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Leofish posted:"You mean you have to use your hands? That's like a baby's toy!" Shut it, Frodo.
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Feb 3, 2014 19:17
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The Ape of Naples posted:Is that a ball-boy? Yes it is, and don't call me "boy". 
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Feb 3, 2014 19:17
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BANME.sh posted:Only because developers were stuck on gaming hardware from 2005 for the past several years. Expect it to really pick up in the next year again. theflyingorc posted:Nope. The tech hasn't been improving at the same rate it was, and there's incredible diminishing returns on how much each bit of improvement improves the overall image. Stuff's going to look better, but the size of jumps will be increasingly disappointing. Bingo flyingorc. It's not that stuff won't look prettier, but video game tech has passed the bar of truly looking "good enough" for everyone's eyes. It'll look dated to future eyes, to be sure, but it won't be like looking back at 1993-2007 polygons and going "I can't believe ANYONE ever thought this was good."
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Feb 3, 2014 19:34
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mind the walrus posted:Bingo flyingorc. It's not that stuff won't look prettier, but video game tech has passed the bar of truly looking "good enough" for everyone's eyes. It'll look dated to future eyes, to be sure, but it won't be like looking back at 1993-2007 polygons and going "I can't believe ANYONE ever thought this was good." Yeah, the intro of 3D was rough as gently caress - I mean, you can look back at sprite-based 2D games and think that they're a little retro, but not too bad. But early 3D was just janky in a way that could not be loved. And people thought it was the most amazing thing at the time, too!
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Feb 3, 2014 19:55
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Morpheus posted:Yeah, the intro of 3D was rough as gently caress - I mean, you can look back at sprite-based 2D games and think that they're a little retro, but not too bad. But early 3D was just janky in a way that could not be loved. And people thought it was the most amazing thing at the time, too! 
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Feb 3, 2014 20:15
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To be totally fair the novelty and fresh experience of moving in a digital 3D environment excused the initial ugliness, and most AAA developers mastered how to make characters "feel" good in your hands by like, 1996 which went a LONG way to offsetting the ugliness of the graphics.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:21
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And to counterpoint early 3D, Spyro and Megaman Legends. Both of those look good despite their vintage.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:29
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umalt posted:And to counterpoint early 3D, Spyro and Megaman Legends. Both of those look good despite their vintage. This is true. It's probably because the style they went with allowed the games to look good despite a low-poly limit. They weren't trying to be "realistic" like Unreal.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:36
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mind the walrus posted:Bingo flyingorc. It's not that stuff won't look prettier, but video game tech has passed the bar of truly looking "good enough" for everyone's eyes. It'll look dated to future eyes, to be sure, but it won't be like looking back at 1993-2007 polygons and going "I can't believe ANYONE ever thought this was good." Actually I doubt that somewhat. Once you get to near-photorealistic, people will be looking back at today's "creepy human puppets with glowing white eyes and blocky hair". It's really hard for game companies to get eyes, lips, and hair just right for some reason. Not quite uncanny valley, but nowhere near like you're watching a movie either. 
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Feb 3, 2014 20:40
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Morpheus posted:But early 3D was just janky in a way that could not be loved. Looks like you never heard of Visor Man!
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Feb 3, 2014 20:53
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sticklefifer posted:Actually I doubt that somewhat. Once you get to near-photorealistic, people will be looking back at today's "creepy human puppets with glowing white eyes and blocky hair". That's actually true and I hadn't thought about that aspect.
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Feb 3, 2014 20:54
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Yeah, there's a lot that can be done yet in terms of subsurface-level rendering, too. Flat textures wrapped around a polygon work pretty decently, but in reality, a lot of what we see is influenced by effects extending slightly beneath the outer layer, especially for the appearance of human skin, that have the potential to significantly improve the reality of a scene when and if it can be rendered in something like realtime. A little bit on wikipedia about it.
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Feb 3, 2014 21:02
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Feb 3, 2014 21:31
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Now see, if The Simpsons Movie was like this, I would have liked it more. And now for the obvious title to this: "Breaking Ned"
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Feb 3, 2014 21:48
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I like the fly reference, but I cannot forgive the pizza having a sloppy slice taken out of it. No bread sticks either!
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Feb 3, 2014 21:51
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mng posted:I like the fly reference, but I cannot forgive the pizza having a sloppy slice taken out of it. No bread sticks either! *Dippin sticks
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Feb 3, 2014 22:00
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Chinese sunrise: (  )
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Feb 3, 2014 22:03
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Kanfy posted:Chinese sunrise: Debunked, if that makes you feel any better.
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Feb 3, 2014 22:05
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theflyingorc posted:Debunked, if that makes you feel any better. So they don't even get that much? 
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Feb 3, 2014 22:07
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Kanfy posted:So they don't even get that much? It's just a billboard thing that happened to have a sunset, it isn't a pathetic surrogate to a sunset like the internet says.
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Feb 3, 2014 22:11
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Missing Name posted:
They only wrote it like that so the majority of the pubbies that play that game will be able to read it in their native language.
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Feb 3, 2014 22:35
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Tagichatn posted:They only wrote it like that so the majority of the pubbies that play that game will be able to read it in their native language. upgrade ur turrent
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Feb 3, 2014 22:47
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I am the one who niddly-diddly knocks.
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Feb 3, 2014 22:56
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"I'm the one who howdilly doodilly's" Edit: God damnit
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Feb 3, 2014 22:56
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Feb 3, 2014 23:16
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Livin' the dream.
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Feb 3, 2014 23:18
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That's nothing compared to how my cousin Walter died.
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Feb 3, 2014 23:20
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Look at that good ole Christian kid, double-flippin' the birds all stealth-like.
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Feb 3, 2014 23:22
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Captain Trips posted:That's nothing compared to how my cousin Walter died. I could never reach 
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Feb 3, 2014 23:23
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On the topic of grotesques how about 
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Feb 3, 2014 23:53
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mng posted:I like the fly reference, but I cannot forgive the pizza having a sloppy slice taken out of it. No bread sticks either! Look in the rv window.
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Feb 3, 2014 23:54
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 Went over to the in-laws house for the Super Bowl™ to find out that the guy who's dating their other daughter had insisted he fix their sticky door. So he pulled out the old door and replaced it with this monstrosity. Bad craftsmanship is my favorite.
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Feb 4, 2014 00:10
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theflyingorc posted:It's just a billboard thing that happened to have a sunset, it isn't a pathetic surrogate to a sunset like the internet says. Unfortunately, this one is real:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/fake-hong-kong-skyline_n_3830750.html
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Feb 4, 2014 00:11
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PringleCreamEgg posted:
For when you have to impress your girlfriend's parents but have nothing worthwhile to offer: Wreck their door frame.
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Feb 4, 2014 01:36
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bewilderment posted:Oh yeah. I meant that Black Dog was dumb adult stuff and the occasional tasteful treatment of mature subject matter, not that it was only the latter. I'd never leave the house.
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Sokoban posted:Goddamn Unreal blew my loving mind when it came out, you kids these days have it so good Not gonna lie, when Quake first came out and EVERYTHING was 3D, I lost my poo poo. That game was wickedly creepy too
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